« If you meet the Buddha, kill him »,This is a common statement in Zen Buddhism… This is how it resonates in me, today : If you hear
Étiquette : master
Are You a Teacher Teacher ??
I wrote this quick note after listening to the philosopher Michel Foucault, philosopher. What follows does not pretend to be an explanation of his thinking…Just
Teaching and Filtration
The presence of a teaching matters so much that it actually often draws the way our feet have started to walk. And when it comes
Corroding Masters
Institutional believers unceasingly suck on their comfort blanket. Intrinsically, what are the tangible attributes of coaches and staff carrying around their spiritual teaching material ?The credit
A Broken Zen
Like an ageing actor, playing out of tuneAs he tries on poses and reflexes from his brighter years,We sometimes sit a broken zen. Like a
Awakening Behind The Bottle Label
Meditating is a bit like trying to scrape the corner of an old label stuck on a glass bottle.Some will tease it with the tip
Splash of Joy
Stepping on the threshold of quietusSatori : wholly enteringWithin reach of awakening, being spattered With a single drop, a bath of plenitude,In one second of
Master’s Degree : The Question.
A good question any teacher should consider is :Am I ‘offering’ this teaching through myself or am I ‘selling’ myself through this teaching ? Franck
Swimming or Drowning Lessons ?
How unskillful that is,Using others’ errant ways to cover our own wanderings,to take the blanket they would like us to tuck them in with,and try
Subtlety for a Teacher
By endlessly quibbling over the details of the outer posture, don’t we trap ourselves in a suffocating deadend street ? We need to allow the
Zenious of Humour (Jokes of a Bodhisattva)
Humor offers a possibility to sneak into parallel universes.In a flash, the author of a joke tears apart the painting of our representations of reality.
Call Me ‘Master’
Please take a sit, it would be such a shame if I were the only one to admire myself.
Pointing Back : Jesus and the Buddha (quote)
What the Buddha experienced, what Jesus lived : There is no difference.
The Encounter Beyond
He would look at me, patiently, as I would go through the litany of my daily tribulations. I would look back at him. As I
« Zen Master » (quote)
« There can be nothing but self proclaimed masters. The true master does not know himself as such. » Franck Joseph FJ December 2019 All rights
Notes & Silence 